List of career achievements by Caroline Wozniacki

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Caroline Wozniacki playing at the 2015 Madrid Open.

This is a list of career achievements by Danish tennis player Caroline Wozniacki . To date, she has won 30 singles titles including a Grand Slam title, a WTA Finals title, three WTA Premier Mandatory titles and three WTA Premier 5 titles. [1] She was the winner of the 2018 Australian Open and the 2017 WTA Finals, and the runner-up at the 2009 US Open, the 2010 WTA Tour Championships, and the 2014 US Open. [2] [3] Wozniacki was first ranked world No. 1 by the WTA on October 11, 2010. [4]

Contents

Records

Grand Slam

Ranking

Prize money and earnings

Other

Recognition

Awards

YearAwardsRef
2008 WTA Tour Most Impressive Newcomer of the Year
2010 ITF Player of the Year [10]
Danish Sports Name of the Year [11]
2011 Diamond Aces
2014 US Open Sportsmanship Award
2015 Diamond Aces
2018 Danish Sports Name of the Year

Outside tennis

Marathon

On 2 November 2014, Wozniacki made her marathon debut, completing the New York City Marathon in a time of 3:26:33. This time was good enough to qualify for the 2016 Boston Marathon but Wozniacki said she will not run another marathon for a few years. [12]

Modeling

Wozniacki appeared in the 2015 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue , following other number one-ranked singles tennis stars: Steffi Graf (1997), Serena Williams (2004), Venus Williams (2005), Maria Sharapova (2006), Ana Ivanovic (2010) and Rafael Nadal (2012) who have appeared in the issue. [13]

Olympics flagbearer

In the 2016 Summer Olympics, Wozniacki was the Denmark flag bearers at the opening ceremony. [14]

Knighthood

In May 2018, Wozniacki was appointed Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog by the Queen of Denmark. [15]

Longest winning streak

Wozniacki performed a 13-match win streak in the 2010 US Open Series, which is the second longest of the 2010 season. [16]

#TournamentCategoryStart dateSurfaceSeedRoundOpponentRankScoreCWR
Cincinnati Masters Premier 5 9 AugustHard2nd3rd round Flag of France.svg Marion Bartoli No. 201–6, 4–6No. 3
Rogers Cup Premier 5 16 AugustHard2nd1st roundByeNo. 2
1.2nd round Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Patty Schnyder No. 527–5, 7–5
2.3rd round Flag of Italy.svg Flavia Pennetta No. 204–6, 6–3, 6–1
3.Quarterfinals Flag of Italy.svg Francesca Schiavone No. 76–3, 6–2
4.Semifinals Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Kuznetsova No. 166–3, 6–3
5.Final Flag of Russia.svg Vera Zvonareva No. 116–3, 6–2
Connecticut Open Premier 23 AugustHard1st1st roundByeNo. 2
6.2nd round Flag of Slovakia.svg Dominika Cibulková No. 456–3, 6–2
Quarterfinals Flag of Italy.svg Flavia Pennetta No. 21 Walkover
7.Semifinals Flag of Russia.svg Elena Dementieva No. 131–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
8.Final Flag of Russia.svg Nadia Petrova No. 196–3, 3–6, 6–3
9. US Open Grand Slam 30 AugustHard1st1st round Flag of the United States.svg Chelsey Gullickson N/A6–1, 6–1No. 2
10.2nd round Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chang Kai-chen No. 846–0, 6–0
11.3rd round Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Latisha Chan No. 776–1, 6–0
12.4th round Flag of Russia.svg Maria Sharapova No. 176–3, 6–4
13.Quarterfinals Flag of Slovakia.svg Dominika Cibulková No. 456–2, 7–5
Semifinals Flag of Russia.svg Vera Zvonareva No. 84–6, 3–6

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